Cisco’s Internet of Things

Cisco is an interesting brand that Zeitgeist has briefly had the pleasure of working on regarding its IPTV offering. What’s that you say, Cisco are planning an IPTV offering? Well, yes, they were about 18 months ago; who knows now? One of the interesting things about the behemoth is that most lay consumers have probably heard of the company but couldn’t tell you what on earth they do, other than that they might be in the technology sector. The Economist bluntly assessed recently that Cisco had “vastly overdiversified”. This opacity has led todeclining, if stabilising, stocks.

That doesn’t stop it from putting interesting infographics together, however. Spotted on integrated agency MBA’s blog, this lovely picture illustrates nicely the importance and ramifications when devices we use everyday are increasingly connected to the Internet and hence to each other, other seamless integration and communication. Nice one, Cisco. Of course this is the kind of thing that Bill Gates was writing about when he published The Road Ahead, when Zeitgeist was but a weedy 12-year old. We do finally seem closer to those imaginings now.